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The Lake Shawnee Amusement Park is a defunct amusement park in Princeton, West Virginia, United States, located along Lake Shawnee. Opened in 1926, the park operated for 62 years before closing in 1988.
LAKE SHAWNEE ABANDONED AMUSEMENT PARK. There’s something unnatural about this Mercer County attraction. A Native American burial ground. Violent deaths. Freak accidents. Who knew a simple amusement park could have such a dark past? Explore this creepy (maybe cursed?) land — ”one of the world’s most haunted places.”
Twice cited by the tourism industry as a top travel destination in Kansas, Lake Shawnee is visited by more than 1 million people each year for festivals, ball tournaments, golf, boating, fishing and camping; or just to hike the Lake Shawnee Trail and visit Ted Ensley Gardens.
Lake Shawnee is a man-made lake in Shawnee County in the U.S. state of Kansas, [1] located on the southeastern side of Topeka. The lake started construction in 1935, and finished on September 3, 1939, and was a part of a Works Progress Administration project. [2]
We are located in Topeka, Kansas at Lake Shawnee. Many sites offer great views of the lake. Shopping, restaurants, Topeka attractions and activities are all within a short drive. There is a 7-mile paved trail surrounding the entire lake if you would enjoy a nice walk or bike ride. While we are open year-round, we do have an off-season.
On May 31, the following ponds will be stocked with catchable-sized Channel Catfish: Governor's Ponds, West Lake (Gage Park), Central Park, Shawnee Jr., Horseshoe Bend, Clarion Park, Shawnee State Fishing Lake.
Lake Shawnee offers fishing, boating, sailing, and swimming. Within the 1,100-acre park surrounding the lake are foot trails, a golf course, a marina, tennis courts, shelter houses, ball diamonds, and campground that has 140 sites and is visited each year by people from 48 states and several countries which features 30 and 50 amp hookups and a ...